Soahm Korgaokar

Experience

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  Rochester Institute of Technology

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Worked as a lead gameplay programmer, artist & animator for a choose-your-own-adventure-style roleplaying game developed in a team of four on Unity • Implemented a dialogue system that can manage multiple narrative options that affect further choices, player’s decisions, overall gameplay, and scene transitions • Designed multiple 2D parallax backgrounds, created character art on Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator and animations using materials, skeletal bones, inverse kinematics, and sprite sheets in Unity • Coded the user interface in the game and designed the sprites for the same in Photoshop using various patterns • Worked along with two external artist on civilian art & animation as well as updating user interface in the game Show less • Assisted a faculty member teaching a course on Interactive Design & Algorithmic Problem Solving with remote teaching accommodations • Worked with a class of 45 students and assisted them with questions regarding their coursework and assignments • Topics include drawing in p5.js, interactive design, algorithmic problem solving, movement animation, multimedia content, object-oriented programming, and applications of fundamental structures, iteration methods and nesting, classes and objects – inheritance, errors and debugging, collections and other data structures, file IO and loading external media, GUI development and higher order functions Show less

  • Gameplay Programming Engineer | Magic Spell Studios

    May 2021 - Aug 2021

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2020 - May 2021
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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Feb 2022 - Mar 2023

  Software Development Engineer | S3 Transcoding Team

  • Contributed to the development of software solutions in AWS S3, ensuring reliable data movement between storage classes while maintaining the security, availability, and durability of the transcoding system. • Implemented S3 Mercury in Transcoding, a project that enables constant-time data copying by sharing data pointers across objects, significantly boosting the efficiency of data replication and reducing system resource consumption. • Designed and implemented robust application configurations using AWS AppConfig, optimizing the Transcoding system's throughput and ensuring consistent, high-level performance. • Improved overall system efficiency by integrating a project management tool that streamlined workflows, reducing project turnaround time by 25% and increasing task completion rates across the organization. • Expertly managed and optimized CI/CD pipelines within AWS, enhancing deployment efficiency and reliability, which resulted in smoother releases and minimized downtime during production updates Show less

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  ScolerTec Inc

  Nov 2023 - now

  Software Development Enginner

  • Collaborated with Hawaii Department of Human Services to seamlessly integrate the Hawaii Automated Network of Assistance system with the Benefits Eligibility Solutions project, improving the efficiency of social services delivery. • Improved the responsiveness of both the desktop and mobile versions of the HANA system's interface using Vue.js and Quasar, enhancing system usability across devices and increasing user efficiency. • Utilized Spring Boot for efficient project setup and implemented Object-Oriented Programming principles to develop reusable, maintainable code, resulting in a more robust codebase and a significant reduction in development time. • Developed and modified Servlets to handle client requests and created server-side utilities using J2EE technologies such as JSP and JDBC with JDeveloper. • Implemented web pages using HTML, CSS, JSP, and JavaScript for client-side validation, and developed Spring Boot endpoints for the BES project, ensuring seamless functionality through comprehensive end-to-end testing. • Led database design and table creation using Oracle SQL, incorporating Flyway scripts for efficient data modification and migration, ensuring consistent database schema updates across multiple environments. • Utilized Maven for reliable deployment practices to streamline the build process, reducing manual configuration efforts and increased build reliability. Show less